Are you passionate about libraries and the role the Redmond Regional Library plays in the Redmond community? The Redmond Library Board of Trustees is seeking interested Redmond residents to volunteer for a Board vacancy.

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada has awarded the City with a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR).

The City of Redmond will host the third and final public hearing on the 2015-16 biennial budget on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 pm at Redmond City Hall, 15670 NE 85th St., during the regular City Council meeting.

Redmond community members are invited to roll up their sleeves and participate in the City’s second annual Green Redmond Day, a community-wide tree-planting event slated to take place Saturday, October 25, from 9 am - noon.

City of Redmond is working closely with a contractor’s insurance company after a construction crew accidently severed Frontier Communications’ fiber and copper cables at 15802 Bear Creek Parkway on Sept. 20.

City of Redmond elementary school kids will welcome fall by participating in International Walk to School Day on Wednesday, October 8th, (Norman Rockwell Elementary will participate on Tuesday, October 7th).

A construction crew accidently cut through Frontier Communications’ fiber and copper cables on Saturday, September 20. Frontier Communications’ FiOS, phone, television and internet services as well as Redmond’s 911 services were disrupted.

On Saturday, September 20th, a construction crew accidently cut through Frontier Communications fiber and copper cables. This disrupted 911 service as well as Frontier Communications FiOS, phone, television, and internet services.

The City of Redmond Bike Park Grand Opening is Saturday, Sept. 6. Located at Hartman Park; corner of NE 104th St. and 171st Ave NE, there will be multiple activities to participate in from 10 am – 2 pm.

The City of Redmond Parks and Recreation Department has offered preschool at Farrel-McWhirter Park for more than 20 year, and will continue to honor this tradition with its new partner, Nature Vision, for the 2014-2015 school year.

The Redmond Police Department (RPD) is asking local residents to participate in the 31st Annual National Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, August 5. Members from the RPD, fire department, mayor, city council and more will attend parties between the hours of 6-9 p.m.

With both the Governor’s Smart Communities Award and the Puget Sound Regional Council (PRSC) award presented to the City of Redmond for its achievements in promoting smart growth planning and projects, the City continues to gain momentum toward its vision that contribute to enhanced quality of life in Redmond.

In an effort to reduce the number of distracted driving collisions, the Redmond Police Traffic Division is enforcing Washington State’s cell phone laws in targeted areas around the City starting Tuesday, April 15th.

For the third year, The Festival of Color returns to Redmond. On Saturday, April 12, from Noon- 4:00pm, the City’s Campus will transform into a highly evocative Indian celebration filled with music, dancing and color.

On Sunday, March 30th at 10:32 am a 59 year-old man suffered a heart attack while driving along Avondale Road NE. Due to the quick response of four community members and their ability to provide CPR until firefighters arrived, the Redmond man is alive today and recovering in a local hospital.

The City of Redmond continues to seek design ideas from community members about what they want the new Downtown Park to look like. The latest promotion is a creatively-designed wooden stake community art project designed to engage the public and encourage submissions of community members’ favorite park features.

Redmond City Council voted last week to approve a contract with Wenatchee-based Goodfellow Brothers, Inc., to begin construction on the second phase of the Overlake South Detention Stormwater Vault project.

Are you passionate about parks and interested in being involved in the new Downtown Park master plan process? The City of Redmond is seeking interested candidates to “claim their stake in the Downtown Park” and attend a Public Workshop on Wednesday, February 19, starting at 6:00 p.m.

Are you passionate about libraries and the role the Redmond Regional Library plays in the Redmond community? The Redmond Library Board of Trustees is seeking interested Redmond residents to volunteer for a Board vacancy.

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) will hold the first open house for the Energize Eastside Project on Wednesday, January 29, from 6-8 pm at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center (ORSCC) at 16600 NE 80th St Redmond

The public is invited to join the City of Redmond Human Services Commission, Eastside Community Network and Meadowbrook Church for a community-wide conversation on homelessness and a free screening of the award-winning documentary, American Winter.

The City of Redmond will host an Open House to discuss this month’s start of the Cleveland Streetscape construction (161st Ave NE to 164th Ave NE) and the status of upcoming City improvements in the Downtown core.

On January 15, 2014, Capstone Partners and the City of Redmond will host a public meeting to request the community’s input on conceptual designs for a new urban park project. The meeting will be held at 6:00 pm at Bytes Café, located on the first floor of City Hall.

The City of Redmond is recruiting new volunteer members for the Arts and Culture Commission to begin their service in April 2014. Redmond residents, unincorporated King County residents, or people who work in Redmond are eligible to apply. Applications are rolling, but candidates are encouraged to apply by January 31.

The public is invited to join the City of Redmond staff for a community meeting regarding the Downtown Regional Stormwater Facilities Plan. The meeting will take place Thursday, December 5 from 5-7 pm, at Redmond City Hall in the Bytes Café.

The City of Redmond was recently selected as the 2013 Built Green Hammer Award winner in the Built Green program’s Advocate, Public Sector category. Cathy Beam, the City’s principal environmental planner, accepted the award at last week’s 2013 Built Green Conference, held at the Brightwater Education Center in Woodinville, WA.

The public is invited to join staff from Sound Transit and the City for an open house that will debut design concepts for the Overlake segment of the East Link Extension. The East Link effort is part of the extensive Link Light Rail project, which begins construction in 2015 and is targeted for completion in 2023.

The City currently has approximately 350 building fire alarm systems that remain to be upgraded. It is unlikely all systems will be able to convert to new transmitters by the deadline due to the lack of available alarm support organizations to conduct the upgrade and as a result building owners will need to provide a fire watch until new transmitters are installed.

Seattle-based development firm Capstone Partners and the City of Redmond are hosting a series of public meetings to develop and discuss conceptual designs for an urban park to be constructed at the center of a master planned development on the former Group Health site.

The Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) and the Planning Association of Washington (PAW) awarded the City of Redmond for outstanding contributions to the field of planning in the category of implementation for the City’s Digital Planning and Development Suite.

The City of Redmond will host a public meeting on the 166th Avenue NE Rechannelization project this Monday, October 28, 2013 from 5-7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center at 16600 NE 80th ST.

Redmond community members are invited to roll up their sleeves and participate in the City’s first-ever Green Redmond Day, a community-wide tree-planting event slated to take place this Saturday, October 26, from 9 am – noon.

The Redmond Youth Partnership Advisory Committee annual Girls Unlimited series continues this year with the theme “Making the Future Happen – Young Women in Technology” on Saturday, November 2nd from 10:00am – 2:00pm at Redmond City Hall, located at 15670 NE 85th St.

Michael Dylan Welch was recently named Redmond’s third poet laureate and will begin a new poetry program this fall called Poetry in the Parks. The public can hear Welch read selections of his own poetry during an event at the VALA Art Center at Redmond Town Center beginning at 6 pm on Wednesday, October 2.

With the recent burst of construction projects in the Downtown core and the beginning of a new era of construction in the Overlake District, Redmond stands poised to launch a new investment in its urban tree canopy.

In the next few weeks, Cleveland Street in downtown Redmond will enter its next phase of construction work which may result in disruptions to traffic and pedestrians as they are re-routed through the Downtown core.

The City of Redmond, along with the Growing Transit Communities partnership, is seeking ideas from the public about what makes urban neighborhoods most appealing as places to live, work, learn, and play.

Join us for a summer of sun, fun, and lunch! Community Lunch at Sunset Garden’s Park is a FREE program for kids and teens ages 18 and under that runs July 8th-August 23rd, Monday-Friday from 11:30am-12:30.

The Washington State Department of Commerce has awarded the City of Redmond a Judge’s Merit Award in the Governor’s Smart Communities Awards program for the City’s Digital Planning and Development Suite.

On Friday, May 3, 2013, The City of Redmond invites residents, business owners, developers, property owners, artists, and the public to come together for the first ever Feedback Festival: A Public Forum on Arts in Downtown.

Hop on over to Redmond’s favorite Egg Hunt! The City of Redmond will host a traditional egg hunt, on Saturday, March 30 from 9am – 11am, with the hunt starting at 10am sharp, located at Redmond City Hall campus, 15670 NE 85th St.

The City of Redmond will launch its 2013 Neighborhood Network series on Wednesday, March 20th from 6:00pm-7:30pm in the City Council Chambers featuring a brief workshop and community conversation on emergency preparedness.

The City of Redmond, Washington, seeks an artist or artist team to design integrated art and trailside interpretive features for the Redmond Central Connector Phase II, a regional trail running through the heart of Redmond.

The Redmond Youth Partnership Advisory Committee annual Girls Unlimited series continues this year with the theme “Making the Future Happen – Young Women in Technology” on Saturday, November 2nd from 10:00am – 2:00pm at Redmond City Hall, located at 15670 NE 85th St.

As the spring weather continues to warm up and more people are out enjoying the sunshine, the Redmond Fire Department urges citizens to be aware of water hazards. After a recent water rescue firefighters want to highlight the dangers of swimming or boating alone and remind everyone to take water safety measures.

he City of Redmond recently completed its first round of new innovation projects to meet citizen and community needs by challenging employees with customer focused cost savings and service improvements.

The Lake Washington School District Long-Term Facilities Planning Task Force began its work in December. They will study, analyze, and make recommendations concerning the district’s long-term facilities needs.